The Jette Parker Young Artists Programme is designed to support the artistic development of talented singers at the beginning of their career, employing Young Artists as salaried members of The Royal Opera over a two-year period, during which time they are immersed in the life of the Royal Opera House.

The Young Artists participate in a specially-tailored programme, which includes extensive daily coaching in languages, stagecraft and vocal techniques, alongside preparing cover roles and performing smaller roles on the main stage.

Watch Language Coach Alexander Naoumenko working with Dušica Bijelić on her Russian for Kasper Holten's production of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin: